This site provides an annotated reference for WebQuests created by students in IMET One.  From this page, you can link to WebQuests created by the following students:

Leonard Lanigan
Dollars and Sense

Julie Lee and Jerry Weaver
A License to Drive

This quest addresses CA History, Social Studies and Language Arts Standards. Working in teams of 2, students of unspecified grade level examine the overall effects of the purchase and maintenance of a vehicle on their education and future. Activities include the following pre-requisites: the assumption that each student holds a minimum wage job, they will set up a a time management schedule, and monthly budget.  The tasks for the students are to investigate the new requirement for obtaining a license, purchase a car and produce a monthly expense spreadsheet, and then create a time management schedule which includes school and work.  Finally in a power point presentation each team predicts their progress after three years.  Resources include links to DMV, insurance resources, maintenance, and car purchasing information.

Cathi Pearl-Conforti-Gail Dresler
Nubia The Other Gift of the Nile

This webquest addresses History-Social Studies standards for 6th-8th grade students.  In this challenge teams of three to four students are given the opportunity to uncover Nubia’s story – on a very large scale.  UNESCO (United Nations Educational and Scientific Conservation Organization) has already funded the construction of the Nubian Museum. The location is yet to be determined.  UNESCO would like to extend this historic project by erecting a monument to symbolize Nubian history and accomplishments.  The members of UNESCO’s Design Review Team envision a monument of grand proportions that would rival the many Egyptian monuments that continue to draw visitors from all over the world.  They have asked you and your teammates to enter their Nubian Monument Design Competition. Before beginning this project, UNESCO recommends you visit the following sites for background information: Nubia Salvage Project, TIME magazine's article The Nile's Other Kingdom, and PBS's Wonders of the African World (be sure to visit the Retelling link).  Tasks include

• An illustrated timeline showing the key people and events in Nubian history

• A rationale for the project

• A three-part design:

  • Statue of a historically significant person or object

  • Wall painting or relief depicting a historically significant event

  • Inscription from a primary source that would capture the spirit of the statue and wall painting or relief

• A site proposal:

  • Clearly stated explanation of where the monument should be erected – Aswan, Kerma, Napata, or Meroe

  • Map of Africa with its modern nations.  Superimposed on this map should be an outline of Nubia.  Include a legend.

  • Explanation of how foreign visitors should travel to the monument.  A Check to see if passports are required.

Each group member has a specific role in the design process (art historian, cartographer, etc.) and the tasks are to research information using the Internet and then propose a monument to a historically significant person or object. A presentation is then made to other class members who score the entry using a specific rubric.

Mark Peaty
Small Business Webquest

A webquest designed for high school students to assist them in developing a small business to create their own job. Steps include the following;

Step 1...The Idea; the student must imagine a small business idea that they think might work in their area.

Step 2 . . . Visualizing; the student is encouraged to complete a short series of statements to help them take ownership of their idea.

Step 3 . . . Starting; the student is guided through a series of web pages dealing with starting up a small business. The student is also encouraged to read about some successful small businesses that initially might not have seemed like sound business propositions.

Step 4 . . . A Plan; Most businesses that succeed do so because they have a plan for success. The student is guided to a few of the available internet sites dealing with how to construct successful business plans.

Step 5 . . . Local Research; the student is now given some direction in checking out the existing businesses in their local area through the use of internet and print resources.

Step 6 . . . Presentation

Students begin by investigating how to create a business and successful types of small business.  Students then build a business plan with online resources.  The activities include, listing the reasons the business is needed, a report listing type of business, slogan, hours of operation, location...also "This WebQuest meets many of the California Challenge Standards for Career Preparation - Business Education; item 6 - Entrepreneurship".  After they gather the information, they create a presentation such as a slide show using PowerPoint or a written report to share their results.

Alix E. Pleshette

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